Hands down for sobbing - many said anything by Lurlene McDaniel, Jodi
Picoult, or Nicholas Sparks.
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck (I literally sobbed until I
couldn't breathe)
A Patch of Blue by Elizabeth Kata
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
A Time for Dancing by Davida Willis Hurwin
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
At Risk by Alice Hoffman (had me bawling so much my husband thought
something happened to one of my relatives!!!)
Baby by Patricia MacLaughlin
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Breathless by Lurlene McDaniel
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
Cruise Control by Terry Trueman
Dancing Naked (Orca Publishing)
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Drums,Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Fire Girl by Tony Abbott
Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Go Ask Alice - Anonymous
Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian (old, but oh so good!)
If I Stay by Gayle Forman (new one - really, really good)
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
It happened to Nancy by Anonymous Teenager and Beatrice Sparks
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Kira Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Little Women (the death of Beth)
Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt
Love Story by Erich Segal
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Merle's Door by Ted Kerasote
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by
Steve Kluger
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
No language but a Cry by Richard Anthony D'Ambrosio
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Out of the Dust by Hesse
Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Safe by Susan Shaw
Sounder bt William H. Armstrong
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Farther You Run by Davida Willis Hurwin
The Friends by Rosa Guy
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Last Invisible Boy by Evan Kuhlman
The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Under the persimmon tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
We Were Here by Matt de la Peña
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
*Short Stories*
- *The Scarlet Ibis* by James Hurst
*General Authors*
- Lowis Lowry
- Karen Kingbury
- Lurlene McDaniel (someone is always dying)
- Mary MacCracken
- Torey L. Hayden
- Dave Pelzer
*Sad Stories for Grade 5* -From another hit by Ronda Y. Foust
*A Dog's Life
A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanon Smith
Chains
Chicken Boy
Diary of a Young Girl
Diary of Anne Frank
Fig Pudding by Ralph Fletcher
Firegirl
Getting Near to Baby
Graduation of Jake Moon by Park
Here Today (?) - definately has "Here" in the title - by Ann M. Martin
Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
Ida B.
Itch by Michelle Kwasney
Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo (sp?)
Kira-Kira (very dark)
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood
Mick Harte was Here by Barbara Park
Missing May by RylantMy Brother Sam is Dead
Nobody's Boy
Old Yeller
Olive's Ocean
Out of the Dust
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Red Kayak
Ruby Holler by Creech
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Series of Unfortunate Events
Shiloh
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
So Far from the Bamboo Grove is a sad WWII story.
Summer of My German Soldier
Summer of the Swans
Tadpole by White
The Barn by Avi
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Naming of Tishkin Silk
The Underneath (not as cute and fluffy as it appears)
The Yearling
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
Walk Two Moons
Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey
When My Name was Keoko - by Linda Sue Park (?)
Where I'd Like to Be
Where the Red Fern Grows*
Picoult, or Nicholas Sparks.
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck (I literally sobbed until I
couldn't breathe)
A Patch of Blue by Elizabeth Kata
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
A Time for Dancing by Davida Willis Hurwin
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
At Risk by Alice Hoffman (had me bawling so much my husband thought
something happened to one of my relatives!!!)
Baby by Patricia MacLaughlin
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Breathless by Lurlene McDaniel
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
Cruise Control by Terry Trueman
Dancing Naked (Orca Publishing)
Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Drums,Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Fire Girl by Tony Abbott
Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Go Ask Alice - Anonymous
Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian (old, but oh so good!)
If I Stay by Gayle Forman (new one - really, really good)
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
It happened to Nancy by Anonymous Teenager and Beatrice Sparks
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Kira Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Little Women (the death of Beth)
Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt
Love Story by Erich Segal
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Merle's Door by Ted Kerasote
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by
Steve Kluger
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
No language but a Cry by Richard Anthony D'Ambrosio
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Out of the Dust by Hesse
Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Safe by Susan Shaw
Sounder bt William H. Armstrong
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Farther You Run by Davida Willis Hurwin
The Friends by Rosa Guy
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Last Invisible Boy by Evan Kuhlman
The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Under the persimmon tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
We Were Here by Matt de la Peña
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
*Short Stories*
- *The Scarlet Ibis* by James Hurst
*General Authors*
- Lowis Lowry
- Karen Kingbury
- Lurlene McDaniel (someone is always dying)
- Mary MacCracken
- Torey L. Hayden
- Dave Pelzer
*Sad Stories for Grade 5* -From another hit by Ronda Y. Foust
*A Dog's Life
A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanon Smith
Chains
Chicken Boy
Diary of a Young Girl
Diary of Anne Frank
Fig Pudding by Ralph Fletcher
Firegirl
Getting Near to Baby
Graduation of Jake Moon by Park
Here Today (?) - definately has "Here" in the title - by Ann M. Martin
Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
Ida B.
Itch by Michelle Kwasney
Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo (sp?)
Kira-Kira (very dark)
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood
Mick Harte was Here by Barbara Park
Missing May by RylantMy Brother Sam is Dead
Nobody's Boy
Old Yeller
Olive's Ocean
Out of the Dust
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Red Kayak
Ruby Holler by Creech
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Series of Unfortunate Events
Shiloh
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
So Far from the Bamboo Grove is a sad WWII story.
Summer of My German Soldier
Summer of the Swans
Tadpole by White
The Barn by Avi
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Naming of Tishkin Silk
The Underneath (not as cute and fluffy as it appears)
The Yearling
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
Walk Two Moons
Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey
When My Name was Keoko - by Linda Sue Park (?)
Where I'd Like to Be
Where the Red Fern Grows*